MINISTER OF LABOUR ( DR. SATYANARAYAN JATIYA )
(a) to (h): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION 451 FOR
26.04.2000 REGARDING `REHABILITATION OF CHILD LABOUR`.
(a) & (b): Government has noted the contents of the news
item captioned `32 million Child labourers in India` published in
the Statesman dated 4.4.2000. Some of the points mentioned in
the news item are as follows:
+ 32 million school going age children are out of school in
the country; percentage of children out of school is much higher
in North India than Southern parts, enrolment of Boys and Girls
in schools from Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes is low in
proportion to the total enrolment;
+ urgent review of the Child Labour Rehabilitation policy; and
+ introduction of `Special primary education tax` in the country.
(d) to (f): Centre of concern for child labour has also
submitted a report in April, 2000. The report, inter-alia,
contains details on definition of child labour, extent of child
labour, types of child labour, Government of India`s Policy
towards child labour, rehabilitation of child labour through
different models and challenges for future. Government has noted
the contents of Reports.
(c) (g) & (h): Government of India has been implementing two
schemes, for rehabilitation of Children withdrawn from work,
namely the scheme of National Child Labour Projects (NCLP) and
the scheme of Grant-in-aid to Voluntary Organisations . At
present 92 National Child Labour Projects are in operation in 10
child labour endemic states for rehabilitation of 1.9 lakh
children working in hazardous occupations.
The State-wise position of coverage of children is given below:-
Name of the State Sanctioned Coverage
1. Andhra Pradesh 62050
2. Bihar 12200
3. Karnataka 550
4. Madhya Pradesh 12500
5. Maharashtra 3700
6. Orissa 36750
7 Rajasdthan 7000
8. Tamil Nadu 21900
9. Uttar Pradesh 22500
10. West Bengal 15000
Child Labour is a socio-economic problem which needs
sustained efforts over a long period of time. Considering the
nature and magnitude of the problem and the constraint of
resources, a gradual, progressive and sequential approach has
been adopted for withdrawal and rehabilitation of child
labourers.
The provisions of the Child Labour (Prohibition &
Regulation ) Act, 1986 are being monitored by the State Central
Governments. A Central Monitoring Committee has been set up for
overall supervision, monitoring and evaluation of the National
Child Labour Projects.
